Walking toy



I. A. ROMMER.

. WALKING TOY APPLICATION FILED OCT- 5; I920. 1,414,210. Pate ted Apr.25, 1922.

III 151 Q WITNESSES provide new pivotal means for the legs-as PATENTISAAC anomivrnn, or BROOKLYN, VNEWYOBKI WALKING TOY. I

' Specification of Letters Patent.

l atented Apr. 25, 1922.

Application filed October 5; 1920. 'SeriaI N0."414,744.

To all whom it mayv concern:

Be it known that L'ISAAOA. ROMMER, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State of New Y-ork,.have invented a new and Improved WalkingToy, of'whioh the following is a description.

. My invention relates to walking toys, such as dolls, animal figures,and the like, and more particularly the invention relates to the meansfor pivotally attaching the legs in a manner so that as one leg movesforwardly the other is moved backward. The general object of theinvention 1s .to

well as a'novel manner of linking up the one leg with the other to givethe correlated movements. 1

Reference is to be had to the accompanying" drawings forming a part ofthis specification, it being understood that the drawings are merelyillustrative of one example of the invention. ,1

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a walking toy embodying my invention,indicating the left leg forward and the right leg in a relative rearwardposition;

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1 showing the reverse position ofthe legs after a forward movement of the right leg;

Figure 3 represents the figure in sitting posture;

Figure 4 is avertical section taken at the connection between the pivotsof the respective legs, the parts corresponding in position to those ofFigure 1;

' Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 4; with the parts correspondingwith Figure 2;

Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 5 with the parts corresponding inposition with Figure 3;

Figure 7 is an enlarged horizontal section at the pivots.

In the drawings A represents a torso, of a walking doll; B, the rightleg; and B, the left leg. 1

In accordance with my invention I provide for'the respective legs, B, B,separate transverse pivot .rods 10 and 11 which pass through the torsoin opposite directions, the

one 10 projecting at one side sufiiciently to receive the leg B and theother 11 project.

ing'sufiiciently at the other side of the torso to receive the other legB. In order to link up the pivot rods at one side a suitable con nectionis effected therebetweemthe illustrated means comprising a hook 12 onthe one link, the other rod 11 being bentzat .right angles as at 13-adjacent to an end thereof so that the terminal 11* is ,oflset to lie ina plane parallelwith the body or maj or portion of said pivot rod, saidoffset endbe ing engaged by said hook 12. The projecting ends 10? 11*-of the respective rods. are

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threaded to receive nuts 14:, 15 at. the outer sides of the legs toretain the latter in position but free to swing. Rod 11, at the oppositeend from .offsetterminal ll hasa nut 16. It. will readily be understoodthat the illustrated arrangement involves merely a convenient expedientfor the purpose of holding the legs frictionally on their. re-

spective pivot rods .so that a leg will turn with its rod and vice versathrough a limited arc, but at'the same time the legsmaybe turned on .therods to further extent to dispose the toy in sitting posture.

Suitable spacers 17 are disposed on the rod, 10, at opposite sides ofthe torso, be-

tween the latter and the legs. Also, various Washers and wearelementsmay be included in the structure, the arrangement shown be ing asfollows: On the rod 10 at the outer side beneath the nut 14 is a Washer18, the

rod 11 at the opposite side of thedoll outside of the leg having awasher 19, and a washer 20 is on the rod 10 at the inner side of theleg, between said concave washer and the 7 right angular bend 13 of theopposite leg. Similarly, a wear disk 22 may be employed beneath thewasher 19, and a wear disk 23- beneath the washer 20. On the torso A atthe pivot rods are bar washers or disk washers 24 through which. bothpivot rods 10,

11 pass as well as wear plates said washers 24.

It will be clear from the above descrip- 25, beneath tion and from the.drawings, particularly Figures 1 to 7, that the connection between thepivot rods of the respective legs throughv the medium ofthe hook 12andfoffsetjend 11 will'cause a forward movement of the one leg toim'parta rearward movement to V the'other leg. Also, the described connectingup of the rods limits the swinging movement thereof since the movementis limited by the arcuate paths through which the hook 12 and offset end11 may-turn.

The separate pivotingof the legs simplifies the linking up of thesame/and makes 'for a strong and simple construction aswell aS for theunfailing reciprocal relationof the legs.

would state in conclusionthat while the illustrated example constitutesa practical embodiment of my invention I do not limit myself strictly tothe mechanical details herein illustrated, since manifestly the same canbeconsiderably variedwithout departure from the spirit of the inventionas defined in the appended clainisj Having thus described my invention,I claim: V Y

1. A toy of the class described including 7 a. body, approximatelyparallel transverse rods rockably mounted in the body, legs at theopposite sides of said body and frictionally' held to the adjacent endsof the rods to swing toa limited extent with said rods and movable to afurther extent rela-v tively to said rods to give the toy a sittingposture,rand a connection between said rods so that a rocking movementofone will impart a reverse rocking "movement to the other. *2. A walklng'toy of the class described,

inc'aluding a body, separate pivot rods extending transversely throughsaid body and ,verse movement to the other,

projecting respectively at opposite sides thereof, the onerod having itsprojecting end olfseflthe other of said rods having a member linked upwith said offset end, and legson the projecting end of each rod.

3. A toy of the class described including a body, approximately paralleltransverse rods 7 cause a movement of one to impart arel. A toy of theclass d'escribedincluding a body, legs at the sidesof the body, and

separate means carrying the respective legs and rockably mounted on thebody to .turn

about different centers, said legs being trie 'tionally held on saidmeans to swing therewith to a limited extent, the legs being movable toa further extent 'relativelyto said rods for giving the toy a sittingposture, said leg carrying means :being directly connected so that amovement of one imparts a reverse movement to the other.

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